Sidon

People of Lebanon Anjar Baalbek Beirut Beiteddin Palace Bekaa Valley Byblos Byzantine Mosaics Echmoun Temple Kadisha Valley Sidon Tripoli Tyre

Sidon

Şaydâ or Sidon, also Saida, city and seaport, southwestern Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, near Beirut. It is a center for the export of olive oil, oranges, and lemons and also for the cultivation of silk, tobacco, and figs. In ancient times it was a city of Phoenicia, famous for its wine and purple dyes. In the surrounding area are numerous rock-cut burial places of the ancient Phoenicians, in which have been found the sarcophagi of Eshmunazar, king of Assyria, and others. The city was badly damaged in warfare in the early 1980s. Population (1988 estimate) 38,000.

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Qasr al-Bahr
the Sea Castle

 

 

 

 

 

visiting school girls

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Khan al-Franj 
(built by Kakhr al-Din in 17th century)

 

Storage of goods on the first floor

 

housing for the merchants on the second floor

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the town

 

the mosque

 

the Souk

 

the harbor

 

fisher boats and nets

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People of Lebanon Anjar Baalbek Beirut Beiteddin Palace Bekaa Valley Byblos Byzantine Mosaics Echmoun Temple Kadisha Valley Sidon Tripoli Tyre

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